There are 8 ways to get from Macedonia to Sicily by car, train, plane, bus, busferry, or car ferry
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Drive, train to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia, fly to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport
best- Drive from Macedonia to Rodopoliscar
- Take the train from Rodopolis to Thessalonikitrain
- Fly from Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia (SKG) to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA)plane SKG - CTA
10h 1m€85–194Train to Sofia Airport, fly to Palermo Airport
cheapest- Take the train from Petrich to Gorna banya spirkatrain
- Fly from Sofia Airport (SOF) to Palermo Airport (PMO)plane SOF - PMO
9h 31m€40–167Drive, train, bus, bus and ferry via Bari
- Drive from Macedonia to Mandrakicar
- Take the train from Mandraki to Thessalonikitrain Re
- Take the bus from Thessaloníki to Durrësbus
- Take the busferry from Durrës to Bari Portobusferry
- Take the bus from Bari to Palermobus 591
35h 18mDrive, car ferry
- Drive from Macedonia to Port Of Igoumenitsacar
- Take the car ferry from Port of Igoumenitsa to Porto di Brindisicarferry
- Drive from Porto Di Brindisi to Villa S. Giovannicar
- Take the car ferry from Villa S. Giovanni to Tresmestiericarferry
- Drive from Tresmestieri to Palermocar
22h 51m€225–349Drive, train to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia, fly to Palermo Airport
- Drive from Macedonia to Rodopoliscar
- Take the train from Rodopolis to Thessalonikitrain
- Fly from Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia (SKG) to Palermo Airport (PMO)plane SKG - PMO
10h 22m€79–207Train to Sofia Airport, fly to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport
- Take the train from Petrich to Gorna banya spirkatrain
- Fly from Sofia Airport (SOF) to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA)plane SOF - CTA
8h 55m€46–144Drive, train, bus, bus and ferry
- Drive from Macedonia to Mandrakicar
- Take the train from Mandraki to Thessalonikitrain Re
- Take the bus from Thessaloníki to Vlorëbus
- Take the busferry from Vlorë to Messina - Piazza della Repubblicabusferry
- Take the train from Messina Centrale to Palermo Centraletrain Re
35h 32mBus, bus and ferry
- Take the bus from Sandanski to Thessaloniki, KTELbus
- Take the bus from Thessaloníki to Vlorëbus
- Take the busferry from Vlorë to Messina - Piazza della Repubblicabusferry
- Take the bus from Messina Piazza della Repubblica to Palermo Via Oretobus
36h 4m
Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia (SKG) to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Macedonia to Sicily is to train and fly which costs €45 - €150 and takes 8h 55m.
The fastest way to get from Macedonia to Sicily is to train and fly which takes 8h 55m and costs €45 - €150.
No, there is no direct bus from Macedonia to Sicily. However, there are services departing from Sandanski and arriving at John Lennon 100 via Thessaloníki, Vlorë, Messina Piazza della Repubblica and Regione Siciliana Oreto. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 36h 4m.
The distance between Macedonia and Sicily is 947 km.
The best way to get from Macedonia to Sicily without a car is to bus and bus and ferry which takes 36h 4m and costs .
It takes approximately 10h 1m to get from Macedonia to Sicily, including transfers.
Macedonia to Sicily bus services, operated by Arda Tur, depart from Sandanski station.
Macedonia to Sicily bus services, operated by Arda Tur, arrive at Thessaloniki, KTEL station.
Sicily is 1h behind Macedonia. It is currently 4:01 PM in Macedonia and 3:01 PM in Sicily.
There are 6394+ hotels available in Sicily.
What companies run services between Macedonia, Blagoevgrad, Bulgaria and Sicily, Italy?
There is no direct connection from Macedonia to Sicily. However, you can drive to Rodopolis, take the train to Thessaloniki, walk to Thessaloniki Zografou, take the bus to Thessaloniki Airport, walk to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia (SKG) airport, fly to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA), walk to Catania Airport, then take the shuttle to Faro Biscari. Alternatively, you can take a vehicle from Macedonia to Piazza Boiardo via Mandraki, Thessaloniki, Thessaloníki, Durrës, Durrës, Bari Porto, Bari Porto, Bari via Capruzzi, Bari, Palermo, and Stazione Centrale Pensilina Esterna in around 35h 18m.
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €55–160
Flights from Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Naples
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €55–160
Flights from Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €55–160
Flights from Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Heraklion
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €55–160
Flights from Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Rhodes
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €55–160
Flights from Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia to Palermo Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Sunday and Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €55–170
Flights from Sofia Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €30–95
Flights from Sofia Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Malta
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €30–95
Flights from Sofia Airport to Palermo Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €40–150
- Website
- en.aegeanair.com
Flights from Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €110–160
Flights from Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia to Palermo Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Wednesday, Saturday, Monday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €50–200
Flights from Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia to Palermo Airport via Heraklion
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 35m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €55–210
Flights from Sofia Airport to Palermo Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €55–210
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia to Palermo Airport via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 25m
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €40–170
Flights from Sofia Airport to Palermo Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €26–110
- Phone
- 14511
- Website
- hellenictrain.gr
Train from Rodopolis to Thessaloniki
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 28m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €7–10
- Website
- https://www.hellenictrain.gr/en
Train from Mandraki to Thessaloniki
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €7–12
- Website
- https://www.hellenictrain.gr/en
Train from Rodopolis to Thessaloniki
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 28m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €7–10
- Website
- https://www.hellenictrain.gr/en
Train from Mandraki to Thessaloniki
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €7–12
- Website
- https://www.hellenictrain.gr/en
- Phone
- +359 2 931 11 11
- [email protected]
- Website
- bdz.bg
Train from Petrich to Gorna banya spirka
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 34m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €2–5
- Website
- https://www.bdz.bg/en
- 2nd Class
- €2–4
- 1st Class
- €3–5
Train from Petrich to Gorna banya spirka
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 34m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €2–5
- Website
- https://www.bdz.bg/en
- 2nd Class
- €2–4
- 1st Class
- €3–5
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Messina Centrale to Palermo Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 56m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €27–45
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Messina Centrale to Palermo Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 4m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €23–50
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +355 67 604 2191
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Thessaloníki to Durrës
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 43m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Schedules at
- autobus.al
- Phone
- +355697278670
- [email protected]
- Website
- facebook.com
Busferry from Durrës to Bari Porto
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 4m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- autobus.al
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- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.fr
Bus from Bari to Palermo
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 55m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- €65–120
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +30 2310241545
- [email protected]
- Website
- crazyholidays.gr
Bus from Thessaloníki to Vlorë
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 45m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €40–70
- Website
- https://www.crazyholidays.gr/root.en.aspx
Bus from Thessaloníki to Vlorë
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 45m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €40–70
- Website
- https://www.crazyholidays.gr/root.en.aspx
- Phone
- +393293958604
- [email protected]
- Website
- pistoia-viaggi.it
Busferry from Vlorë to Messina - Piazza della Repubblica
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 56m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- pistoia-viaggi.it
Busferry from Vlorë to Messina - Piazza della Repubblica
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 56m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- pistoia-viaggi.it
- Phone
- +359 700 20 544
- Website
- ardatur.bg
Bus from Sandanski to Thessaloniki, KTEL
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 18m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €10–16
- Website
- https://ardatur.bg/en/
- Phone
- 800 21 10 20
- [email protected]
- Website
- saisautolinee.it
Bus from Messina Piazza della Repubblica to Palermo Via Oreto
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €12–18
- Schedules at
- saisautolinee.it
- Phone
- +39.081.496.444
- [email protected]
- Website
- grimaldi-lines.com
Car ferry from Port of Igoumenitsa to Porto di Brindisi
- Ave. Duration
- 9h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €24–40
- Website
- https://www.grimaldi-lines.com/en/
- Phone
- 090774409
- [email protected]
- Website
- bluferries.it
Car ferry from Villa S. Giovanni to Tresmestieri
- Ave. Duration
- 25 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €19–35
- Schedules at
- bluferries.it
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